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Locality Name:
Napier Downs Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 383
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 146992
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146992.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Napier Downs Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Chedda Cliffs
Clara Hill
Colemans Creek (Colemans Camp)
Gussy's Mica Pegmatite (Barker Gorge Mica Mine; Kongarrah Mica Mine; Kongorow Pool Mica Mine)
Kimberley Black Granite Quarry
Kimberley Ice Quarry
Kimberley Jade Quarry
Kimberley Pink Quarry
Kimberley Storm Quarry
Narlarla Mine (Barker Gorge)
New Quarry
Quarry Camp
Quarry Camp 3
Quarry Camp 4
Quarry Camp 5 (Wumburrul)
Quarry Camp South
Stewarts Mondooma Mica-Beryl Show (Stuarts Pegmatite; Stuarts Mine; Mondooma Beryl Pegmatite)
Top Springs
Turtle Creek
Wagon Pass

Latitude: 17°14'28"S
Longitude: 124°55'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -17.241111111111,124.92805555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Geocronite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Jordanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Zircon ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As B Be Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Te Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Columbite Covellite Digenite Epidote Feldspar Geocronite Malachite Marcasite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Stilpnomelane Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Zircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			3	15575,15582,15585	3419
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	383	359	1	15580	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	383	359	2	15588,15589	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	15577	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	383	359	1	15580	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	383	359	3	15573,15580,15588	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			2	15574,15587	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	383	359	1	15590	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	383	359	2	15588,15589	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	383	359	2	15588,15589	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	383	359	1	15580	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	15572	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	383	359	2	15571,15580	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	383	359	1	15580	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	383	359	5	15571,15580,15588,15589,15590	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	383	359	1	15580	577
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	383	359	1	15590	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	15573	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	383	359	1	15590	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	383	359	2	15580,15590	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	15578,15579	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	383	359	5	15571,15580,15588,15589,15590	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	383	359	1	15580	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	383	359	2	15571,15580	1066
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	383	359	2	15588,15589	784
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	383	359	2	15588,15589	105
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	383	359	1	15580	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	383	359	5	15571,15573,15580,15588,15589	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	383	359	3	15571,15580,15590	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			3	15574,15576,15587	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	15574,15577,15587	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	15579	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	15585	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	383	359	6	15571,15573,15580,15588,15589,15590	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	383	359	5	15573,15577,15582,15588,15589	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	383	359	9	15573,15574,15576,15578,15580,15582,15587,15588,15589	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	15574,15587	2705
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	383	359	1	15580	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	383	359	5	15571,15580,15588,15589,15590	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	383	359	2	15588,15589	3418
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			1	15577	456
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	15572	99
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	383	359	2	15588,15589	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	383	359	2	15588,15589	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	383	359	2	15588,15589	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	15578,15579	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedexmvt-00026	383	359	Late Devonian	host rock age	121099	Narlarla Mine (Barker Gorge), Napier Downs Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Napier Range (Narlarla)	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00039	372	359	Famenian		121099	Narlarla Mine (Barker Gorge), Napier Downs Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Narlarla	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedexmvt-00031	383	359	Late Devonian	host rock age	121101	Wagon Pass, Napier Downs Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Wagon Pass	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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